Pollen hosts of western palaearctic bees of the genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) : the Asteraceae paradox

By A. Müller, M. Kuhlmann. 2008

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Closely related pollen generalist bees differ in their ability to develop on the same pollen diet: evidence for physiological adaptations to digest pollen (2011, background): “…species coincided in their inability to develop on pollen of T. vulgare, which is an unsuitable pollen source for many unspecialized bee species (Müller & Kuhlmann 2008; Praz, Müller & Dorn 2008a), but not for specialist species (Westrich 1989), again indicating the necessity for…”
Creating patches of native flowers facilitates crop pollination in large agricultural fields: mango as a case study (2012, background): “The beneficial effect of plant diversity might arise because a diversity of food resources is important for flower visitor health (Müller & Kuhlmann 2008; Alaux et al. 2010), and can also improve stability of pollinator assemblages (Ebeling et al. 2008), enabling adaptation to environmental…”